The Diamondbacks take on the Pirates as Robbie Ray faces Ivan Nova. Ray is once again blowing away batters, with 74 strikeouts in 60 innings. He pitched very well on the road this season with a 0.81 ERA in five starts. Only one of his seven home runs allowed came on the road. Nova averages seven inning per start this year. Despite pitching to contact (37 K, 5 BB in 70 innings), he allowed just 71 hits for a .261 BA.
Chris Sale returns to the south side of Chicago (which I hear, is the baddest part of town) as he leads the Red Sox against his former rotation mate Jose Quintana. Sale struck out at least 200 batters in each of his last four seasons, and one-third of the way through 2017, he’s halfway there. He is 42-24 with a 3.01 ERA in his career at US Cellular Field. Quintana pitched into some bad luck this season, as his overall stats look better than his 4.82 ERA. He’s allowed a .357/.453/.571 line with runners in scoring position.
Finally, the small sample size game of the day pits Eddie Butler of the Cubs against Dinelson Lamet of the Padres. Butler makes his fourth start of the season, and owns a 1.93 ERA despite walking ten batters in 14 innings. He allowed just nine hits, however, so the walks have not hurt him much. Lamet makes his second start after striking out eight batters in five innings and allowing one run in his debut.
Enjoy!
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